Alright then, here is my take on the whole shipping discourse in this fandom.
As someone who headcanons that Saiki is aroace with zero romantic or sexual attraction, I think it’s not my job to police anyone who likes to ship him with other characters. I can respect others who do so (and sometimes I find their ideas to be very interesting), and so can you. It’s not like getting angry over this will fix the problem over night.
I do wish less of the fandom was about shipping, because I think that the platonic relationships are the backbone of the series and are worth exploring. Despite that, I absolutely love seeing what people think about different pairings because the fandom is so creative.
It’s important to note that although Saiki says he has no interest in romance, he is written to be an unreliable narrator, meaning it’s hard to tell whether he is explicitly aroace coded or not. I like to think he is, but I don’t think others are wrong for disagreeing.
However, I do understand why someone would be upset with all of this. It is a bit frustrating to see a character you see as aroace be shipped left and right. In that case, it’s best to block users/tags that you are not interested in. Blocking something really isn’t serious, it’s simply a way to make this platform more enjoyable to you.
Anyway, I think this discourse is a bit useless. Let people see the character how they’d like. There’s no use arguing with each other. I think we can learn to respect different opinions.
I had a vision of this sort of plot last night so I ended up making it really quick on my phone during work meetings. 😂😂
Anyways these are just my observations off the top of my head. If you assume Teruhashi is the epitome of womanhood, then you can pretty reasonably gauge the level of attraction other characters feel for women in general based on how they react to her.
I didn't put Saiki on here because he's harder to define lol. But Saiko, for example, was able to reject Teruhashi's direct request on the island even though she was exerting her full effect, so he's probably less attracted to women than Akechi, who is unable to think or talk when Teruhashi looks at him directly.
It's too bad there's not an easy male version of the same. While Makoto exists, we really only see Kaido and Imu react to him, and it seems like Makoto's glow is mostly due to his celebrity rather than being "a perfect pretty boy" lol. Also, this doesn't take into account the effects of possible comphet, so take this with a grain of salt!
Yes, this is the kind of thing I do for fun lol.
I want an episode of kubuyasu meeting kaiodu's mum and trying to act smart and not violent
Nendo told him a good joke 🤲
But after deciding to draw Aren on his motorcycle I ended up doing way more research than intended while trying to find out which motorbike he rides and ending up falling into a rabbit hole on the history of the Bōzōzoku biker gangs of Japan ( similar to American greasers or British rockers ) and watching multiple documentaries only to change Aren’s canon bike to a modded mix mash of various old Suzuki bikes except still after all that I have no clue how to draw the engine.
Anyways here’s a photo of the the bike, I haven’t actually drawn Aren yet but we’ll get there. Also I may or may not animate it a bit:)
Something a bit sad to think about though is that Bōsōzoku culture was dying when Aren was in his gang because saikik is vaguely set in 2010 and that’s when there was a major decline so he was never there for the peak of Bōsōzoku culture so it most likely wasn’t all too enjoyable. I imagine it’s kind of like being in a dying fandom if you were to try to make it more relatable.
happy fooligetta anniversary day everyone 😀
this is mostly for me more than anything
Felt like drawing SPlat
Kuboyasu definitely drank underage
I feel like he still does but only on rare occasions
I like these guys
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